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    Acer Aspire 7739G-6647

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by bryneb, Dec 12, 2011.

  1. bryneb

    bryneb Notebook Consultant

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    I just picked up this laptop after the motherboard in my Compaq died. Originally I wanted the zen ultrabook but they were all out of stock, so I figured I'd "rent" this until they got them in stock. I like IT. It's sooo quite, the screen is REALLY nice. I might just end up keeping it. Plus I should be able to do some gaming on it. For BF3 with the GT520M on this machine how well will it play? Also has a i3-370m cpu.
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    GT520M is not a good card for gaming. According to notebookcheck is scores some 20fps in BF3 (low settings, 1024x768) and 14 fps on medium.
     
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    bryneb Notebook Consultant

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    Is it possible to upgrade the video card on this machine?
     
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    edit1754 Notebook Prophet

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    No, all laptops with GT 520M/525M/540M/550M/555m GPUs have the GPUs soldered onto the motherboard.
     
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    bryneb Notebook Consultant

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    That's good to know, thanks. I guess I'll keep gaming to the consoles.
    I love the screen on this machine, it's very crisp and bright but the machine feels cheap and the fan runs all the time. I think I'll pick up something a little more high end and return this.
     
    bryneb, Dec 14, 2011
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